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<p>If a game is crappy, I don&#39;t think even a trainer can save it.</p>
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:33:39 +0000hellfire7885comment 278994 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278992
<p>I&#39;m just waiting to hear from the first round of &quot;fans&quot; who are angry that Nintendo has priced their products to make profit.</p>
<p>Admittedly, as much as I was excited for the Wii, I&#39;m not particularly caught up in any speculation on the amazingness of the Wii U. The design philosophy is covered ground -- we know the dual screen, touch screen, motion control. We know how it all works, what has been done with it and we&#39;ve all got a feel of where it&#39;s probably heading -- the Wii was something of a paradigm shift, but I don&#39;t believe the WiiU&nbsp;will be.</p>
<p>And the strategy makes sense for Nintendo -- while the Wii had boom and bust, the DS was gangbusters through and through once it&#39;s entry period wore off; they want to upgrade that success to the living room. It may even encourage more cross over between the Wii U and the 3DS since they&#39;ll share some more fundamental features. But it will definitely be software, and not novelty, that makes or breaks this console.</p>
<p>At the very least, I hope they succeed with this strategy, if only because I can&#39;t WAIT to see Sony trip over their feet in a transparent attempt to copy their rivals (and make their &#39;improvements&#39; sound original).</p>
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:18:20 +0000kagirinaicomment 278992 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278991
<p>At least the PC market has both trainers that can enhance a crappy game and DRM removal tools.</p>
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:35:27 +0000ZippyDSMleecomment 278991 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278988
Last time with the Wii we all joked about the name but then that summer all Nintendo could do was surprise us with amazing game play videos.Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:35:48 +0000Neo_DrKefkacomment 278988 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278987
<p>Well, PC is kind of both. Aggressive DRM AND supports anti-used game measures. Don&#39;t see many used/pre-owned PC games being sold at stores.</p>
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:12:42 +0000Grifcomment 278987 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278986
<p>Ugh.. A system that supports aggressive DRM, or a system that supports anti-used game measures. PC vs consoles.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- W</p>
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:55:01 +0000Cecil475comment 278986 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278981
<p>at the very least, it&#39;s much less than the estimated $400</p>
Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:34:58 +0000Kincyrcomment 278981 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278979
<p>I still haven&#39;t heard anything about games that I would have to have.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Wii U is gonna be a tough sell for me initially...and I loved the regular Wii.&nbsp;</p>
Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:24:26 +0000Alguscomment 278979 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278978
<p>The PS3 still comes in $250 and $300 flavors. So a $300 price for something on par or in excess of that is not too surprising. Its also only $50 more than the Wii was at launch. So it seems like they are living up to their standards of making a profit on every console sold.</p>
<p>But I agree that a good launch lineup would ease the pain of buying a new console.</p>
Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:22:32 +0000E. Zachary Knightcomment 278978 at http://www.gamepolitics.comRe: Report: Wii U to Carry a Retail Price of $300http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/04/09/report-wii-u-carry-retail-price-300#comment-278977
<p>$300?</p>
<p>Wii U better be noticeably technologically superior to the 360 and PS3, have an amazing, absolutely can&#39;t-live-without-it launch lineup, or that controller better be a game changer.</p>
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<p>Andrew Eisen</p>
Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:55:51 +0000Andrew Eisencomment 278977 at http://www.gamepolitics.com